Photos (Light) Graphos (Writing)

Tonight the sky is lit up, and I took one of my ‘apnea photos’ as I was walking home. I set the camera on the night setting, then, since I don’t have a tripod, hold still and don’t breathe until the camera finishes computing all available light.

Earlier in class (History of Art Neoclassic-Modern) we discussed the concept of ‘organic photography’, that is photography that is not retouched or enhanced digitally (Photoshopped). Well, what you see above is a direct dump from my camera. I read the recent review of ‘Werewolves’ and our very own Duncan Sheperd mentioned a David Caspar Friedrich light throughout the movie.

The sky tonight reminds me of German Romantic poetry.

David Caspar Friedrich. Mann und Frau Den Mond Betrachtend. Oil. 1819

The one true source of art is our heart, the language of a soul infallibly pure.

A work that is not begotten from this source can only be an artifice. Every authentic work of art is conceived in a sacred hour, and borne in a happy hour, often without the artist’s knowing, by the inner impulse of the heart.

July 27, San Diego Museum Of Art. The Age of Enlightenment – Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breuteuil, Marquise du Chatelet by Yinka Shonibare- Ink on hand.book paper

Platonic Solid Exercise. Graphite on Paper. 2007

Ink on hand.book paper. Paris, 2011.

Felt tip on paper. March 22, 2011.

Pencil and Watercolor on canvas

Persimmon- very quick pastel rendering. November 12, 2009.

our very own coffee cart @ NewSchool: Cafe’ A la Carte

Twomoons Wax Proof-modeled after concept sketch

Ink and watercolor on paper and tracing paper. A bit of digital manipulation. Feb. 09,2011.

The Fortress of Lost Time. Graphite on paper and magazine cutouts. December 27, 2010. Miti and Gianni Aiello.

The funambulist. Ink drawing + digital collage. August 2011.

Watercolor and Graphite. November 12, 2009

Ink on Paper. December 2010.

Baggalini Red.

Ink on Paper. Calabria, Italia. September 29, 2011.

Earth Henna, Eucalyptus Oil. May 2, 2010.

Ink on Paper. December 2010.

Ink on tracing paper. Kuwait, January 2010. The scene at the bottom is what I saw-or decided to see- at The Avenues, the most popular malla in Kuwait City. There is nothing like seeing photography and drawings from a trip abroad to make you realize all reality is subjective, and we choose to see what we want to. We just don’t realize it in our own backyard.

Graphite on paper and magazine cutouts. December 27, 2010. Miti and Gianni Aiello.